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CTohnetArorvteorfsy NOT TO MISS
HIS NEW EXHIBITION,
MICHA CATTAUI RAISES ΗΙS OWN FLAG. | Ο MICHA CATTAUI SPONSORED BY BILL & COO
ΣΗΚΏΝΕΙ ΤΗ ΔΙΚΗ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΝΤΙΕΡΑ. Interview by Petros Bourovilis SUITES & LOUNGE, AT THE
STEFANOS SIRIOTIS HALL FROM
1/9 TO 10/9. (KDEPAM.GR)
2board: Do you follow magazines in general? of which, actually, had an exhibit in Germany in make sure that they continue on the right path. PORTRAIT BY JOHN DIMOTSIS
Micha Cattaui: No. 2012 where I did an extremely rusted Greek flag, The irony is that a life vest symbolizes the saving
How come you follow this one? peeling, with a very healthy German flag behind and the cement the weight on your shoulders after
Because I like it, it is a good introduction to being it, I called the piece “Thank You”. It is called the moment that you have saved them... Anyway,
in Greece; it just covers everything and it gets into “Thank you” for the “fakelaki”; because mind this whole series is about that, raising awareness.
depth, it is not superficial. you, behind every scandal in Greece, there is a Like your weapon. How long did it take to do it?
Do you travel a lot? German company involved. A lot, because actually at first I had to order
I do, for exhibits mostly; this past year I had two You put always a message in the bottle? the weapon, a decommissioned Kalashnikov,
solo exhibits, one in Germany in Cologne, and the Most of my works are either political or the same way that the Paris attackers did, they
other in Amsterdam. social commentaries, or basically poking at ordered decommissioned guns online and they
What’s your art about? consumerism. I like to be somewhat controversial recommissioned them; it does not take rocket
I mix materials that technically do not match, and critical of our times, which is what I believe is science, and it is completely feasible. I wanted to
they just don’t work together. what art should be about; it should be a reflection go through the same procedure as they did. Then
Exemplify please. of our times. I created the crescent and I took the piece to the
I work with rust and I match it with plastics; dead What kind of work have you included in your hospital and had it x-rayed and so it is actually
materials and alive ones, I consider rust alive as current exhibitions in Greece? an x-ray of the gun and the crescent. The idea of
it does transform in time. Which gives reason to Well, I have done a series which is maybe once the x-ray is to see it within, as an industry rather
how I got into art; as I love ships, I decided to take again a little too controversial. It is dealing with as an object.
a small part of a Greek ship, the Greek flag, and weapons, the industry and hypocrisy. First of all, I Are you afraid of failure?
do flags out of rust... showed this in Germany, but I will be showing it I think failure is fantastic as an artist.
The Greek Crisis symbolism? in Greece, they are life vests made of cement. Really?!!!
Prior to the crisis, this goes back in 2005, in Refugee inspirato. Really; because, as an artist, if you are successful
my defense, so there is no pun intended. That Obviously it is for the refugees, but the usage of then you become arrogant.
is what I started, doing big flags, a mixture of cement is more on the burden that it has when What is your idea of happiness?
fiberglass and rust, and did a series of them, one you save somebody, now you have the burden to Happiness is very simple; actually, it is looking
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HIS NEW EXHIBITION,
MICHA CATTAUI RAISES ΗΙS OWN FLAG. | Ο MICHA CATTAUI SPONSORED BY BILL & COO
ΣΗΚΏΝΕΙ ΤΗ ΔΙΚΗ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΝΤΙΕΡΑ. Interview by Petros Bourovilis SUITES & LOUNGE, AT THE
STEFANOS SIRIOTIS HALL FROM
1/9 TO 10/9. (KDEPAM.GR)
2board: Do you follow magazines in general? of which, actually, had an exhibit in Germany in make sure that they continue on the right path. PORTRAIT BY JOHN DIMOTSIS
Micha Cattaui: No. 2012 where I did an extremely rusted Greek flag, The irony is that a life vest symbolizes the saving
How come you follow this one? peeling, with a very healthy German flag behind and the cement the weight on your shoulders after
Because I like it, it is a good introduction to being it, I called the piece “Thank You”. It is called the moment that you have saved them... Anyway,
in Greece; it just covers everything and it gets into “Thank you” for the “fakelaki”; because mind this whole series is about that, raising awareness.
depth, it is not superficial. you, behind every scandal in Greece, there is a Like your weapon. How long did it take to do it?
Do you travel a lot? German company involved. A lot, because actually at first I had to order
I do, for exhibits mostly; this past year I had two You put always a message in the bottle? the weapon, a decommissioned Kalashnikov,
solo exhibits, one in Germany in Cologne, and the Most of my works are either political or the same way that the Paris attackers did, they
other in Amsterdam. social commentaries, or basically poking at ordered decommissioned guns online and they
What’s your art about? consumerism. I like to be somewhat controversial recommissioned them; it does not take rocket
I mix materials that technically do not match, and critical of our times, which is what I believe is science, and it is completely feasible. I wanted to
they just don’t work together. what art should be about; it should be a reflection go through the same procedure as they did. Then
Exemplify please. of our times. I created the crescent and I took the piece to the
I work with rust and I match it with plastics; dead What kind of work have you included in your hospital and had it x-rayed and so it is actually
materials and alive ones, I consider rust alive as current exhibitions in Greece? an x-ray of the gun and the crescent. The idea of
it does transform in time. Which gives reason to Well, I have done a series which is maybe once the x-ray is to see it within, as an industry rather
how I got into art; as I love ships, I decided to take again a little too controversial. It is dealing with as an object.
a small part of a Greek ship, the Greek flag, and weapons, the industry and hypocrisy. First of all, I Are you afraid of failure?
do flags out of rust... showed this in Germany, but I will be showing it I think failure is fantastic as an artist.
The Greek Crisis symbolism? in Greece, they are life vests made of cement. Really?!!!
Prior to the crisis, this goes back in 2005, in Refugee inspirato. Really; because, as an artist, if you are successful
my defense, so there is no pun intended. That Obviously it is for the refugees, but the usage of then you become arrogant.
is what I started, doing big flags, a mixture of cement is more on the burden that it has when What is your idea of happiness?
fiberglass and rust, and did a series of them, one you save somebody, now you have the burden to Happiness is very simple; actually, it is looking
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